To be sure, we are called servants – and that, no doubt, means we are to do exactly as we are told. But, the wonder of this picture is that the “master” insists on “serving” – even in the age to come, when He appears in all His glory “with His mighty angels in flaming fire” (2 Thessalonians 1.7-8). Why? Because the very heart of His glory is the fullness of grace that overflows in kindness to needy people. Therefore, He aims “in the coming ages [to] show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2.7).
What is the greatness of our God? What is His uniqueness in the world? Isaiah answers: “From of old, no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides Thee, who works for those who wait for Him” (Isaiah 64.4, RSV).
From: Desiring God by John Piper; 3rd edition (Colorado Springs: Multnomah Books, 2003 [1986]), p. 169.
